C.E. Byrd Meet Notes

It was a good day for the Calvary Cross Country teams thursday
Chase Rolland and Kelsey Wildes set new school records for 3 miles!

Middle Schooler Kelsey Wildes placed 18th out of a field of 71 Varsity girls at the Byrd Cross Country Invitational held this past Thursday afternoon in Shreveport. Her time of 23:02 broke the existing girls 3 mile school record by 58 seconds! Chase Rolland placed fourth out of 76 Varsity boys breaking his previous school record for three miles set last year at the State Championships by 14 seconds!

Calvary was one of only two teams to have three athletes finish in the top ten in the Varsity Boys field.The other school was 5A host C.E. Byrd. Following Rolland in the top ten were Zac Overstreet (17:50)and Landon Roach (18:05)placing 9th and 10th to round out the division top honors. Other Cavalier finishers were 26th Chris Norton (19:28), Jason Sibert 34th(19:50), Hunter Gauntlett 36th (20:00). The excellent showing from the boys team allowed them to finish third overall out of nine teams. JV runners Dakota Rothell and Josh Hudson earned medals finishing 5th and 6th in the their divsion while Harrison Hooper finished 15th.

Top Five Boys Varsity Team Scoring:Byrd,Parkway,Calvary,Loyola,Cedar Creek

Other schools competing: Caddo Magnet, Lakeside, Airline, and Haughton

The girls team finished out the day with several personal best times and strong finishes. Following Kelsey Wildes were Avery Watson placing 23rd (23:42), Kalia Wildes (23:53)26th, Kaitlynn Ware 34th(24:56), Shelby Taylor 45th (26:53). JV runner Abby Watkins placed 13th in the girls open division.

Coach's Comments:
Wow! I am so proud of you all. What an awesome meet. Alot of new PR's were set and I believe we raised ourselves to another level as a team (both girls and boys) yesterday. I LOVED the NO fear attitude going against bigger and stronger xc schools. You all got right in there and competed for God's glory! I see a confidence when you all race now that I have never seen in you before. I like that ! Continue to press on toward our Goal in Jesus NAME!!!! Congrats to everyone again on an awesome race.